Organist / Choirmaster
Music at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

Organist-Choirmaster
John Wright has been at St. Margaret's since the fall of 1999. Prior to moving to St. Margaret's, he held similar positions in Memphis, Tennessee, San Antonio, Texas and Oklahoma City. A native of Kansas, he is a graduate of Pittsburg State University and The Conservatory of Music of the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He served as a musician in the US Navy. He is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. At St. Margaret's he also functions as the Artistic Director of the Desert Friends of Music concert series.
johnwright@stmargarets.org

SABBATICAL NOTES FROM THE ORGANIST-CHOIRMASTER 2005
Organ Artist-In-Residence
Frederick Swann is in his eighth season at St. Margaret's. He has just recently completed three terms as the national president of the 20,000 member American Guild of Organists. He has arguably presided over more ranks of pipes and stopknobs than any other organist in history. This is probably true, given the size and prominence of the instruments with which his career has been most notably associated: the Riverside Church in New York City, the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, and First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. He was also the chairman of the organ department at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
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